#38ADAC#38ADAC

#38ADAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.102 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADAC
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 172)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -31.85, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 33.09, 195.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0985 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.102 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0175, 33.7037, 44.2614)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADAC #AD3839

analogous

#38AD71 #38ADAC #3874AD

triadic

#38ADAC #AC38AD #ADAC38

tetradic

#38ADAC #7138AD #AD3839 #74AD38

square

#38ADAC #7138AD #AD3839 #74AD38

split-complementary

#38ADAC #AD3874 #AD7138

monochromatic

#1A5150 #297F7E #38ADAC #59C9C8 #87D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38ADAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#38ADAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADAC

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADAC	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.102 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6c4',
    500: '#38adac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adac;
$custom-light: #7fc6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.487,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.684,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADAC

secondary

#C27F7F

accent

#4D4EDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADAC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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